TUTORIAL

After starting the program, the World Map should appear, along with the Amiglobe main bar. This main bar contains the main commands to navigate on the map and to obtain information.

Zoom: Click on Zoom and draw a rectangle around a country (France, for example). The map will now show the part you have drawn. Hit the '+' key to zoom further. Cities, rivers and main peaks are then visible.

Moving: Use the arrow keys to move on the map.

Information: Click on a country; it will be filled in green. Then click on Info: a window is opened with the map of the country and data about it. There are 9 topics:

  • general: the map of the country itself, with its capital city. On the left there is the automobile country code, the flag, and eventually a button to hear the national anthem. Click here to listen to the anthem
  • geography: this topic, like the others, display 26 out of 160 data about this country. Some of them can be compared with data of other countries. Click on total area, then on 'compare in list' to make a comparison.
  • history
  • people: population, ethnic divisions
  • government: capital, chief of state
  • overview: a desciption of the economy
  • economy: national product, imports, exports
  • transportation: railroad, highways, airports
  • military

    • You can let this window open, but reduce its size for the next operations.

    Source Point: in the Functions Menu, select set source point and click anywhere on the map. The Source Point will be set there. The shortest path between the source point and the mouse pointer is drawn on the map, and the distance is shown in the status bar.

    Select a Element: in the Selection Menu, choose Element; the element list will appear. Choose a city or a mountain that you have never heard before and click on its name; some information about it will appear. Click on Target Point: the target point will be set on this element and the distance will no longer change; the distance shown is the distance between Source Point and Target point. Click on zoom to zoom on this element.

    Data comparison: Select Functions/Data comparison. The data comparison window will appear. Select a data in the data list (for example national product per capita), to see a list ranking all the countries with their national product per capita. Click then on compare on map: the countries will be filled in a color gradation.

    New projection: Use the cycle menu in the Command panel to select a new projection (spherical, for example).

    Quit: select quit in the Project Menu